The Kokish River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
on
Northern Vancouver Island
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, flowing north into
Beaver Cove. The community of
Beaver Cove is near the river's mouth, as was the former logging camp of
Englewood. The community of
Kokish
Kokish is a community in northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located on the southeast shore of Beaver Cove. Also on Beaver Cove are the community of Beaver Cove and a former logging camp, Englewood, which is northwest of the mo ...
is also on Beaver Cove, but on its southeast shore away from the river-mouth.
Name origin
Kokish is an adaptation of ''k'wagis'', meaning "notched beach", the name of a former village at the mouth of the river. Another meaning given by artist and chief
Mungo Martin
Chief Mungo Martin or ''Nakapenkem'' (lit. ''Potlatch chief "ten times over"''), ''Datsa'' (lit. ''"grandfather"''), was an important figure in Northwest Coast Art, Northwest Coast style art, specifically that of the Kwakwaka'wakw Aboriginal peopl ...
is that Kokish is a corruption of the
Kwak'wala word, ''Gwegis'', for "place where river spreads". Kokish can also be taken to mean a place where two rivers run together.
[ personal conversation with local residents.]
See also
*
List of British Columbia rivers
The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance
(See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also included are lakes th ...
References
Rivers of Vancouver Island
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